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and AXELL. BOWMAN, subjects of the King of Sweden, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes, of which the :tol-- lowing is a specification, such as will enabIe those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to brushes and par.- ticularly to bath brushesand the object thereof is to providemeans furthe automatic operation of a brush during the use thereof;- a further object being to provide means whereby a continuous stream of Water, of a desired tem erature, is directed to the point of use oil the said brush or where-hy any liquid or combination of the same mayr be available at the point of use; a further object being to provide a brush of this type which also serves as a reservoir for liquid or other soap when used as aV bath brush or for other liquids or powders when other- Wise employed and a still further object being to provide a brush of this description which is simple in construction and operation, which cannot et out of order and which is comparativeIy inexpensive.

Our invention is fully described in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which:-

Figure 1 is a central sectional plan view of a brush constructed according to our invention; Fig. 2 is a section thereof taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a similar section, but showing a modification thereof. i

In the drawings forming a part of this apilication, we have shown a casing o, prev1 ed with a detachable cover a2 and a handle as through which is passed a tube b projecting beyond the outer end of the handle and being bent at theopposite end so as to direct a stream of liquid into the casing a, throu h a port a, at an angle to the axial p line of t e sald handle and casing.

Upon the exterior of the casing a, opposite the handle a3, is a tube or passage e which is in communication with the said casing throughY ports c* and 03 and at a point between sald tube c and handle as 1s err o- Eet:tersrtfr(tk Application led Decemberh, 190'?. Seriaklm.

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t placed a shell shaped plate al, in commu;

nication with the casing, o through a port d2 and open at the lower side as showrrid in Fig- 3.

Rotatably mounted within the casing a,

centrally thereof is a shaft e to which are secured two plates e2 and eg and between .to the projecting end of the shaft e is a lbrush f, rotatable therewith, said brush being shown, in Fig. 3, as hollow, to hold liquid soap or the like, passed thereixrto through the opening for` the shaft e when detached and adapted to percolate t refrom through openings f2 among the preferably screw threaded in order to secure a branch coupling fr? may be employed as shown, anda valve c' may be employ-:dv in the tube b when the brush is umd in the usual manner.

In practice, the tube is connected, by means of the iexible tubes k, to arsource of liquid supply under pressure which, passing into the casing a, strikes the blades e* and thus rotates the shaft e and brush f and producing a scrubbing eiect upon the body when used as a bath brush and a distributing The liquid enters the pockets e5, in this operation, but is thrown therefrom by centrifugal force against the walls of the casing, through the tube1 c which is of smaller ing and again into the casing and against the blades e4 thereby balancing the motive force on the blade carriers and on the shaft e. When'the liquid reaches the port d2 it passes out of the casing and is directed downwardly to a point adjacent to the bristles of the brush f thereby assisting in the cleansing operation if thedevice is held with lthe plate ci at the top of the casing and being 1i'ree to escape if at the lower side thereof.

It will therefore be seen, from this deis providedwhich is operable by the liquid employed for said scrubbing or cleansing and various changes in and modifications of the construction herein shown and described spirit of the invention or sacrificing its advantages.

which `are mounted a plurality of .blades e4` s forming pockets e5 and detachamy securedv bristles f3. The outer end of the tube ZJ is a. Hexible tnbe h thereto or, if it is desired,

eiect when paints and the like are employed. l

scription, that an automatic scrubbing brush may be made without departing from the 90 .diameter than the passage through the cas- Having fully described our invention, In te'stimony that We claim the foregoing lo what We claim es new and desire to Vsecure as our inventionwe have signed our names by Letters Patent, iszin presence of the subscribing Witnesses this A casing, a brush rotatable thereon, means 7 th day' of December 1907.

5 for connecting vsaid casing with a source o- ELIAS ELAHLSTEDT.- liquid supply, means for actuating said f AXEL L. BOWMAN. brush by means of said liquid, the back of Witnesseszsaid brush being hollow and provided with GEORGE F. Blizlvrrnnv,y perforations leading to the bristles. J. C. LARSEN. 

